Get out the Geiger counter, because C.H.U.D. is the Greatest Movie EVER!

Review in a Nutshell: A cheesy horror film from the early eighties, C.H.U.D. succeeds thanks to solid performances from the cast, strong editing, and a psychologically-oppressive atmosphere. The rubber monster suits help, too.

This movie contains:

Crazy Homeless People.

Grumpy Frumpy Face.

The mutation makes your eyes all glowy…

FINAL THOUGHT!

Producer Andrew Bonime’s response to the C.H.U.D. DVD commentary can be found here.

If you’re interested in “the city as an urban area” like C.H.U.D. and Alligator, you should check out Wolfen.

The thing about the homeless people is something that get’s brought up in Frank Miller’s “Give Me Liberty”, when the Reagan-like president has had all the public asylums closed and all these insane people are thrown out (and occassionally euthanized by the manaic Surgeon General’s task force).

There was a sequel to this, called “C.H.U.D. 2: Bud the Chud”. The Chuds in that movie were more like the “NotLD” zombies, but I don’t think it really followed this movie that well.